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	==Career==		==Career==
	Edge ~~edited~~ [[Capital Gay]], ~~one of~~ the ~~leading LGBT newspapers~~ in ~~the UK during the~~		Edge was the final editor of [[Capital Gay]], the pioneering lesbian and gay newspaper published in London between 1981 and 1995, and was later a senior contributing editor at [[Attitude]]. He was also involved in the launch of ''Positive Nation'', the magazine produced by the [[UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and AIDS]].
	~~1980s~~ and ~~1990s~~, and later ~~contributed to~~ [[Attitude]].

	He ~~has published several~~ novels ~~in a satirical vein. His fifth novel,~~ ''The ~~End~~ of ~~the~~		He is the author of six novels including ''The Hurtle of Hell'' (Lightning Books, 2018), a satire on the attitude of religion to homosexuality. Novelist Michael Arditti called it ‘an ingenious take on
	~~World is Flat~~'' (Lightning Books, ~~2021~~), ~~uses flat earth belief as an allegory for~~		''It’s A Wonderful Life''’.</ref><ref>https://www.eye-books.com/author/simon-edge</ref>
	~~contemporary ideological debates; it was described by Francis Wheen as “a bracingly~~
	~~sharp~~ satire on the ~~sleep of reason and the tyranny~~ of ~~twaddle”~~.~~<ref>Lightning Books,~~
	~~August 2021~~.</ref><ref>https://www.eye-books.com/author/simon-edge</ref>

	His novel ''In the Beginning'' (Lightning Books, 2023) is a fictionalised account of		His fifth novel, ''The End of the World is Flat'' (Lightning Books, 2021), uses flat earth belief as an allegory for contemporary ideological debates; it was described by Matthew Parris in ''The Times'' as “a satire of Swiftian ferocity, a thinly veiled parody of a prevailing madness of the hour”.<ref>Lightning Books, August 2021.</ref><ref>https://www.eye-books.com/author/simon-edge</ref>

			His novel ''In the Beginning'' (Lightning Books, 2023) is a fictionalised satirical account of
	the [[Forstater v CGD Europe]] employment tribunal, in which a tax expert’s contract		the [[Forstater v CGD Europe]] employment tribunal, in which a tax expert’s contract
	was not renewed after she posted gender-critical comments on social media~~. Maya~~		was not renewed after she posted gender-critical comments on social media.
	~~Forstater spoke at the book launch~~.

	Edge appears in ''Adult Human Female'' (2022), a documentary presenting gender-critical		Edge appears in ''Adult Human Female'' (2022), a documentary presenting gender-critical

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-'''Simon Edge''', born 25 December 1964 in [[Chester]], is a British novelist and journalist. He was editor of [[Capital Gay]] and later wrote for the magazine [[Attitude]].
+'''Simon Edge''' (born 25 December 1964 in [[Chester]]) is a British novelist and
-Edge was married to Ezio Alessandroni, a former Roman Catholic priest, until the latter's death from cancer in March 2017.
+journalist. He was editor of [[Capital Gay]] and subsequently wrote for the gay magazine
-His fifth novel, The End of the World is Flat (2021), was blurbed by Francis Wheen as a 'bracingly sharp satire on the sleep of reason and the tyranny of twaddle' <ref> Lightning Books. August 2021</ref>. <ref> https://www.eye-books.com/author/simon-edge </ref> Edge appears in the [[gender critical]] film Adult Human Female, the first UK documentary feature to look at the clash between women's rights and trans ideology,  released in 2022 <ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=94HFMSm-JBo (accessed 6 June 2023) </ref>
+[[Attitude]]. He was married to Ezio Alessandroni, a former Roman Catholic priest,
 ==References==
 <references/>
+[[Category:Journalists]]
+[[Category:Novelists]]
 [[Category:1964 births]]

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	[[Category:Campaigners]]		[[Category:Campaigners]]
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	'''Simon Edge''', born 25 December 1964 in [[Chester]], is a British novelist and journalist. He was editor of [[Capital Gay]] and later wrote for the magazine [[Attitude]].		'''Simon Edge''', born 25 December 1964 in [[Chester]], is a British novelist and journalist. He was editor of [[Capital Gay]] and later wrote for the magazine [[Attitude]].
	Edge was married to Ezio Alessandroni, a former Roman Catholic priest, until the latter's death from cancer in March 2017.		Edge was married to Ezio Alessandroni, a former Roman Catholic priest, until the latter's death from cancer in March 2017.
	His fifth novel, The End of the World is Flat (2021), was blurbed by Francis Wheen as a 'bracingly sharp satire on the sleep of reason and the tyranny of twaddle' <ref> Lightning Books. August 2021</ref>.		His fifth novel, The End of the World is Flat (2021), was blurbed by Francis Wheen as a 'bracingly sharp satire on the sleep of reason and the tyranny of twaddle' <ref> Lightning Books. August 2021</ref>. <ref> https://www.eye-books.com/author/simon-edge </ref> Edge appears in the [[gender critical]] film Adult Human Female, the first UK documentary feature to look at the clash between women's rights and trans ideology, released in 2022 <ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=94HFMSm-JBo (accessed 6 June 2023) </ref>
	Edge appears in the [[gender critical]] film Adult Human Female, the first UK documentary feature to look at the clash between women's rights and trans ideology, released in 2022 <ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=94HFMSm-JBo (accessed 6 June 2023) </ref>

	==References==		==References==
	<references>		<references>

	~~[[Category: 1964 Births]]~~
	[[Category:Campaigners]]		[[Category:Campaigners]]

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'''Simon Edge''', born 25 December 1964 in [[Chester]], is a British novelist and journalist. He was editor of [[Capital Gay]] and later wrote for the magazine [[Attitude]].
Edge was married to Ezio Alessandroni, a former Roman Catholic priest, until the latter's death from cancer in March 2017.
His fifth novel, The End of the World is Flat (2021), was blurbed by Francis Wheen as a 'bracingly sharp satire on the sleep of reason and the tyranny of twaddle' <ref> Lightning Books. August 2021</ref>.
Edge appears in the [[gender critical]] film Adult Human Female, the first UK documentary feature to look at the clash between women's rights and trans ideology, released in 2022 <ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=94HFMSm-JBo (accessed 6 June 2023) </ref>

==References==
<references>

[[Category: 1964 Births]]
[[Category:Campaigners]]